Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Over 50 members from the Asian Pacific Islander, African American, Latino and Native American communities descended on the capitol to educate our legislators on issues of concern to our communities of color.

With the $8 billion budget shortfall, it's going to be a difficult session, to say the least. But we need to ensure that cuts in funding and services do not disproportionately affect our constituents and our communities.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

As we continue to explore the use of Web 2.0 and how to better market our organization in the community, we recently discovered just how global and closely linked we all are.

An announcement for one of our workshops at the International Family Center-Kent was picked up by SINA.com新浪, an online media company based in Shanghai, China! See the announcement by clicking here.

We are experimenting with Facebook and checking out all the new opportunities it presents for us to interact with our donors and supporters. It's a little bewildering, so if you have any suggestions, let's hear them.

If you'd like to join our CISC Facebook community, sign up, become a friend, and join our group! It's fun and it's friendly. Do it today!

Sunday, February 08, 2009

In what been described by attendees as "barely controlled pandemonium", CISC once again celebrated the Lunar New Year with a lively and raucous luncheon for over 350 seniors, volunteers, and community members.

This year's program featured musical entertainment, traditional Chinese dance, raffle prizes and lots and lots of food! Many of these seniors look forward to this event as it is the only time they have to celebrate the new year.

We are happy to continue on this tradition of Chinese culture and are even more glad we were able to share it with a Seattle school group who just happened by on a field trip!